Former Japan and Yugoslavia soccer national team manager Ivica Osim has died, Austrian club Sturm Graz, one of the clubs he piloted, said Sunday. He was 80.
Born in Sarajevo, Osim leaves behind a large legacy due to the unifying role he had in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider Balkans region after the breakup of Yugoslavia.
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